There is a multitude of art and craft forms, folk traditions and festivals that have been steadily declining for many decades and are now almost on the verge of disappearing completely.
The increasedly insular outlook and attitude of the majority of the subcontinent is also posing a new threat to many traditional practices that belong to marginalised faiths and communites. Due to the accelerated urbanisation in the rural parts of India, the circumstances are even worse for the agnostic folk traditions in these areas.
The Dwindling Tradition Grant seeks to support the documentation of these dwindling artforms, festivals, folk traditions in an effort to develop and digitize an archive of said artforms, festivals, traditions. The two winning grantees will be awarded a grant of upto INR 2.5 lakhs each to make a documentary film.